Born in Queens, he graduated from Long Island City High School. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Mr. Altini moved to Dongan Hills in 1978 with his first wife, the late Adele Altini. In 1989, he relocated to Tobyhanna, Pa.

Mr. Altini was a longshoreman in Brooklyn before becoming a communications manager with Western Union International in Manhattan. He retired in 1988.

As a young man, he played on the Astoria Red Wings hockey team in Queens. He enjoyed deep-sea fishing and was a master woodworker, making a number of items for his family, including rocking horses and toy chests for his grandchildren.

“My father was a piece of bread,” his daughter, Deborah Rubio, said, noting that is what he used to say when he liked someone a lot.

In addition to his daughter, Deborah, surviving are his wife of 21 years, the former Loretta Gontarek; three sons, John Altini, Paul McNamara and Michael McNamara; another daughter, Susan LoPresti, and 10 grandchildren.

The funeral will be Thursday from the Harmon Home for Funerals, West Brighton, with a mass at 10 a.m. in St. Ann’s R.C. Church, Dongan Hills. Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Pleasant Plains.